For the pilot episode of the History on Film Podcast, we look at Billy Wilder's 1961 Cold War comedy "One, Two, Three" and the role of Coca Cola in postwar Europe. Will James Cagney be able to unite East and West with the great taste of Coke? What happens when the construction of the Berlin Wall during post-production ruins the entire plot of a movie? And why was Gorbachev in a Pizza Hut commercial?!
FURTHER READING:
Heller and Barson, Red Scared!: The Commie Menace in Propaganda and Popular Culture
Stephan, Alexander. The Americanization of Europe: Culture, Diplomacy, and Anti-Americanism after 1945
Mee, Charles. Marshall Plan:The Launching of Pax Americana
Kuisel, Richard. Seducing the French: The Dilemma of Americanization
FURTHER WATCHING:
Ninotchka (1939)
Dr. Stangelove (1964)
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